tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post1415737836836826489..comments2023-08-19T08:21:42.894-04:00Comments on Cedar's Mountain: Oooh TSA Man, You Can Pat Me Down AnytimeG. B. Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-15089087031601676752010-12-04T19:51:16.264-05:002010-12-04T19:51:16.264-05:00David: Not a problem.
Perhaps this time, I can le...David: Not a problem.<br /><br />Perhaps this time, I can leave...three words, yeah, that's the ticket.<br /><br />:DG. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-14356138810190625702010-12-04T19:42:42.390-05:002010-12-04T19:42:42.390-05:00Gotcha.
Well do me a favor and tell me what you t...Gotcha.<br /><br />Well do me a favor and tell me what you think of "Justice Served." And you better not leave an interesting comment. Well that sounds odd. <br /><br />Heck, you know what I mean. :)David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-49913399877593885852010-12-04T07:39:07.582-05:002010-12-04T07:39:07.582-05:00David: I try not to be too political on blog as we...David: I try not to be too political on blog as well, which is why I keep the politics focused on the state level. The state level is what impacts me the most, so that's where my focus stays on.<br /><br />I agree, one word comments in person are indicative of dissatisfaction (guilty as charged here. I do it alot at work, as well as arguing at home).<br /><br />As for the blog land (can'tG. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-47596278565222886242010-12-04T03:58:05.539-05:002010-12-04T03:58:05.539-05:00Like I said I was joking with you but two quick po...Like I said I was joking with you but two quick points (since we’re kicking it back and forth): 1) I try never to leave a negative comment either. I don’t see the point especially as a writer because I want folks to come and read my stories. That’s why I’m not political on my blog. Half this country is Dem and half is Rep. I want 'em all to read Round One. I save politics and negative David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-16261372546548388872010-12-03T17:48:17.627-05:002010-12-03T17:48:17.627-05:00David: The artist. MAD magazine in my youth had so...David: The artist. MAD magazine in my youth had some great artists. Don Martin was okay but my true fave Sergio Aragones, who drew the Marginal Thinking dept that you saw all over the edges of the pages.<br /><br />Ah yes. I was wondering when someone was going to pick up on that.<br /><br />That particular story didn't really move me like it did the others. Maybe because it was the fact thatG. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-8730255111465440562010-12-03T17:16:47.290-05:002010-12-03T17:16:47.290-05:00Which George Woodbridge. I just Googled and came u...Which George Woodbridge. I just Googled and came up with an actor and an artist. Both were knew to me.<br /><br />Btw in your new post you explained how you used the word interesting and that reminded me of the comment you left on "King" at BTAP. <br /><br />(Just joking around with you:)David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-28603087570482960062010-12-02T18:11:45.173-05:002010-12-02T18:11:45.173-05:00David: It's amazing sometimes the weird stuff ...David: It's amazing sometimes the weird stuff we can write when we're seriously tired, or in your case, jetlagged.<br /><br />In any event, it was priceless. Sort of reminded me George Woodbridge.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-24873580744973883532010-12-02T17:22:54.721-05:002010-12-02T17:22:54.721-05:00I was on the move and seriously jet-lagged when I ...I was on the move and seriously jet-lagged when I posted those. I was stuck in London and Boston and was having some fun.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-20243036905914198122010-12-01T18:08:23.378-05:002010-12-01T18:08:23.378-05:00David: That would bother me as well seeing that, e...David: That would bother me as well seeing that, especially if it was my daughter going through it (she's nine).<br /><br />As for me, if I ever flew again, I probably wouldn't mind the scanner but would definitely balk at the pat down.<br /><br />I read your post, and the way you wrote it reminded me of one of those early MAD mag stories. It was so funny that I simply couldn't do it G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-9993984257771391912010-12-01T09:19:01.373-05:002010-12-01T09:19:01.373-05:00I travel alot and have gone through the naked scan...I travel alot and have gone through the naked scanner several times in the past two months and my opinion is... I'm not sure. Honest to goodness, I don't know if it bothers me. But I did see a young girl that was probably about four being felt up and that bothered me. I wouldn't want my daughter to go through that at such a young age and for those reasons wouldn't fly with her. AsDavid Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-56015291600763014782010-12-01T06:11:05.370-05:002010-12-01T06:11:05.370-05:00R: Which one, mine or Darth's?
Either way, it...R: Which one, mine or Darth's?<br /><br />Either way, it kind of shows you how sometimes the guv'ment is all lip and all reaction.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-54672586014388971922010-12-01T01:27:02.835-05:002010-12-01T01:27:02.835-05:00G: That story still amazes me...but does not surpr...G: That story still amazes me...but does not surprise me :(Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-12171828052864760632010-11-30T17:25:13.901-05:002010-11-30T17:25:13.901-05:00S.R.: Exactly. Sometimes you do have use what you ...S.R.: Exactly. Sometimes you do have use what you really don't like to use in order to do what's right.<br /><br />The needs of a few shouldn't always outweigh the needs of the many.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-47365327527964673532010-11-30T16:28:18.624-05:002010-11-30T16:28:18.624-05:00There is an article on Slate.com at the moment, wr...There is an article on Slate.com at the moment, written by a (non-extreme) Muslim guy, entitled "Profile Me". In his opinion, it is only reasonable and sensible to use racial and religious profiling, even though it will inconvenience him due to his background.Sparkling Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799366562472325812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-46733199117227462652010-11-30T06:17:57.765-05:002010-11-30T06:17:57.765-05:00Darth: I can see them now screaming, "MY EYES...Darth: I can see them now screaming, "MY EYES! MY EYES! MY EYES!!!"<br /><br />Unreal.<br /><br />True story. I was going to the airport about several months after 9/11 and before actually entering the complex you had to go through a National Guard checkpoint and have your vehicle searched.<br /><br />So I went through and had my vehicle searched and one of the Guard members found a G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-52168179902873518442010-11-30T01:21:47.793-05:002010-11-30T01:21:47.793-05:00agree they are unneccessary and do not work. The o...agree they are unneccessary and do not work. The only people they will catch will be those too stupid and/or ill financed to get the job accomplished anyway.<br /><br />At best it keeps the more feeble minded feeling secure because "nobody could possibly get anything through that" even though i personally know of at least one person who has left three separate multi-tools in Spokane, Darth Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371680007744419495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-42863508406228381842010-11-29T17:22:07.860-05:002010-11-29T17:22:07.860-05:00R: OMG! A bad staple of the sitcom come true??!!
...R: OMG! A bad staple of the sitcom come true??!!<br /><br />BTW, thanks for the idea of the post.<br /><br />Lana: I haven't flown in decades (not because of this though) but honestly, this really won't do the trick unless they do something like this at the baggage claim areas.<br /><br />Honestly though, it doesn't when the people who are supposed to be enforcing this sometimes treatG. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-53766431947142755212010-11-29T17:10:10.937-05:002010-11-29T17:10:10.937-05:00I've already e-mailed my local & state pol...I've already e-mailed my local & state politicians, letting them know that enough is enough--I'm not going to fly anymore.<br /><br />Congratulations, terrorists. You won!Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-85214631389678013722010-11-29T17:00:45.388-05:002010-11-29T17:00:45.388-05:00I wonder - if a terrorist ends up getting caught w...I wonder - if a terrorist ends up getting caught with explosives you know where, are body cavity searches next?Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-7706521193895194252010-11-29T16:59:05.853-05:002010-11-29T16:59:05.853-05:00Bearman: Good point. Perhaps the manily ones would...Bearman: Good point. Perhaps the manily ones would get offended and stay where the men are men and women are gosh darn proud of it. :D<br /><br />Lynn: I have no doubt there is profiling all over the country. I was simply on a roll while I was writing this post. There is good and bad in everything that we do. It just bothers me that people are so damn hypocritical and hypersensitive about things G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-44015272686695202402010-11-29T11:10:33.468-05:002010-11-29T11:10:33.468-05:00Well you've got a point about us reaping what ...Well you've got a point about us reaping what we've sewn.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-39267141023426262052010-11-29T10:06:15.943-05:002010-11-29T10:06:15.943-05:00I knew a m an once, who's army was in rome, bu...I knew a m an once, who's army was in rome, but he missed his family back home, and often ventured back. He acted like a frightened schizophrenic on his way back, and anyone who thought to think, got paranoid with many flashes of steel by others, and words from others conversations frightened them!<br /><br />He returned safely, but was unaware a local king, put in place, had a surprise visitWordsPoeticallyWorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932809387878012226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-54404637796019300532010-11-29T09:50:05.202-05:002010-11-29T09:50:05.202-05:00I agree that people need to get over it. As for th...I agree that people need to get over it. As for the rest... interesting. :-)ExtraOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737033169703790358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-72820516123414604182010-11-29T09:05:00.195-05:002010-11-29T09:05:00.195-05:00Since I got my new knees three years ago I've ...Since I got my new knees three years ago I've had to undergo, standing, isolated, in a clear plastic box, with no chair until a woman agent could be found, then patted down and somehow even though I've mentioned that I have new knees they seem surprised when the wand buzzes at my knee joints.<br />AND, THEN THEY PAT MY KNEES.<br />I fly a number of times a year. Frankly, I don't like Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825249325749004937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-46957958078590990412010-11-29T08:59:38.555-05:002010-11-29T08:59:38.555-05:00I have no issue with that security screening and w...I have no issue with that security screening and will get to experience it first hand later this week when I fly. :) <br /><br />I'm pretty sure there is profiling here. I read an account of one man who has the same name as someone who has made terrorist threats - he gets pulled out of line every time he flies.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.com